2004 Crossroads Cultural Studies Conference

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, June 25-28, 2004

We are pleased to announce our that we are now processing registration requests for the Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, to be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from June 25-28, 2004. The theme of the conference is “Policing the Crisis.” You may register online via the official conference website: Crossroads 2004Transportation and accommodation information is also available at our website.

We will post the preliminary conference schedule on or about April 1, 2004. General highlights are to include more than 130 regular conference sessions, three spotlight sessions, three plenary sessions, two keynote addresses, and an opening reception.

Questions regarding the status of individual paper proposals can be directed to us via email at: cfp@crossroads2004.org

Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce that Lawrence Grossberg (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Meaghan Morris (Lingnan University, Hong Kong) will each give a keynote address.

Plenary Speakers

We are also pleased to announce that plenary speakers are scheduled to include:

Bryant K. Alexander (California State University, Los Angeles);

CL Cole (University of Illinois);

Lauren Berlant (University of Chicago);

Christopher Dunbar, Jr. (Michigan State University);

Joe Kincheloe (CUNY Graduate School)

Peter McLaren (University of California, Los Angeles);

Toby Miller (New York University);

Paula Saukko (University of Exeter, United Kingdom);

Keyan G. Tomaselli (University of Natal, Durban, South Africa);
and
Mary E. Weems (Cleveland State University).

Spotlight Sessions

Three spotlight sessions have also been commissioned to address the following topics: Sport & Cultural Studies; Africa in the Global World; and War, Media, and Democracy. Speakers will include:

David L. Andrews (University of Maryland);

Grant Farred (Duke University);

Samantha King (Queen’s University);

Natasha Distiller (University of Cape Town, South Africa);

Dorothy Roome (Towson University);

Handel Kashope Wright (University of Tennesse);

Awad Ibrahim (Bowling Green State University);

Douglas Kellner (UCLA);

Heidi Marie Brush (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee).

Regular Conference Sessions

In addition to our special events, we plan to have more than 130 regular conference sessions addressing a myriad of topic areas including, but certainly not limited to:

Critical Pedagogy;

Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies;

Media & Cultural Studies;

Asian/Asian-American Cultural Studies

Latina/o Studies;

Performative Cultural Studies;

Race, Identity, & Representation;

Political & Cultural Studies;

Neoliberalism/Governmentality;

Sport & Cultural Studies;

Gender & Sexuality Studies;

Globalization/Transnationalism;

Identity Politics;

Cinema Studies.

The full schedule of regular conference sessions will be available on the conference website during the first week of April

Crossroads Conference History

The Crossroads conference is the official conference of the Association for Cultural Studies (ACS). The mission of the Crossroads conference is to provide an open forum for all topics that interest the diverse international cultural studies community; generate lively, critical debate about contemporary society; foster contacts and the exchange ideas; and, ultimately, draw inspiration from each other. We encourage international participation from different countries, disciplines and cultural backgrounds, as well as from a wide range of research areas. In that way, the conference will also show where Cultural Studies is going next. For information about the history of the Crossroads conferences visit www.cultstud.org.

General inquiries can be directed to cfp@crossroads2004.org

Yours most sincerely,

Michael D. Giardina, (for Norman K. Denzin, conference director)